Territory



' Unirse STATi-sA YPATENT OFFICE.

VEDvVARllHOUTZ AND ARCH-IE BROVN, OF BLUNT, `DAKOTA TERRITORY.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,220, dated September 14, 1886.

A ppl iezltion filed 111111219, 1886.

we do declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawingsis a representationl of a plan view with the seat removed. Fig. 2' is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a detail View, partly in section.

This invention relates to improvements in plows, and has special reference to that class of plows provided with seats, so that the workman can ride while operating the same.

The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as hereinafter deseribed,and pointed out in the claims.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the frame of the plow, of which the plow-beams BB form part. The said beams have their front ends connected by 'the transverse bar a, provided with openings b,for the attachment of traces or a whiffietree, the plow having preferably no tongue.

C C are the plowshares secured to the rear ends ofthe beams B B, as shown.

c e are transverse bars which connect the plow-beams together, so that they willat all times move parallel with each other.

D is the main axle of the plow, having on its ends the wheels d,andjournaled in the arms E, depending from the plow-beams at suitable points toward their front ends.

eis a crank upon the axle D, andf is alinkrod connecting the said crank with the leverhandleF at about the middle point of the latter. The said lever-handle is pivoted at its lower end upon the plow-beam B, and is within easy reach from the drivers seat, hereinafter described. v

G is a segmental rack secured to the beam B, and gis a spring-controlled detent-bar attached to the lever 'F, and with its lower end adapted to engage between the teeth of said Serial No. 203,688. (No mmh l.)

rack, as lshow'n. By means of the rack and detent-bar the lever-handle F can be set and held at different inclinations to the plow-beam B, and the distance of the wheels l from said `beam consequently changed. The more the lever-arm is inclined forward the higher the said wheels will be raised in consequence of thel link-rod moving the'crank e forward, and the deeper the plowshares C will enter the ground.

H is a frame secured to and standing outward from the side of the plow-beam B. This frame H is composed of a bracket, 71 secured to and standing out from the plow-beam B, near the front ofthe same, and a bar, h', having its front end secured to the said bracket,running thence rearward, about parallel with the plow-beam, and having its rear part bent inward to form an arm, 71?, which has rising from its inner end,ad jacent to the plow-beam B, a standard, I, fora purpose hereinafter described.

J is the drivers seat, supported on the uprights j j, rising from the arm or a sleeve fixed thereon, and K is a third plow-wheel, of larger diameter than d, and turning freely on 4said arm between the uprights j, as shown.

The standard I passes through a guide-bracket, L, secured to or made upon the outer side of the plow-beam B. v

i is a pin on the outer surface of the standard, arranged to move up and down between the free vertical edges l Z of the bracket L.

M is a lever-arm pivoted to the` outer surface of the plow-beam B, within easy reach oi the drvers seat, and having on its'lower end a rearward extension, m, provided with an opening, m', near its end,into which the pin 'i enters.

N is a segmental rack secured to the outer IOO the points of the shares will b'e more inclined l downward and will enter the ground deeply. By inoving the lever M forward thi :ietiou is reversed.

Sonie of." the advantages of th eonstruti'tiou are :1s follows: All three ot'thewheels run upon nnplowed ground. T110 plow, heingsupported :1t three poini'sulnd having no tongu0,0zu1 r0udil)v tnrn nhrupt 01u-ners without raising the plowshures. The draft is niueh lessened und hetterguided bythe support of the wheels. The plowshures eau he quiekly elevated und d0- pressed by the deserihed menus when n000s sary/.und the wheel -support prevent the Shawls i'roni hugging the lundsidt :1nd eausing t'rietion thereon :is in the ordiuznv eonstruetion.

Having described thi` invention, what we eluiln, :uid desire to secure by Letttrs Patent, is*

1. The eoinhimition oi'the nulin l`rani0 Coniposed ofthe plow-beams und(-onneeting-strips, and suppm-ted upon un uxle und Wheels, the plowshures on the renrends` ot'suid h0ams. the vl'rnme :lll'uehed to the outer Side ot' the benin B. eoinpoSt-d ol' the hrueket h und hur h', mul supporting the drivel-Rl 0111 J, the wheel K,

turning on the nrnl if? ot.' the bnr h', the stand- :1rd I, rising lroin Said arin and having the rim fi, the guide-bracket L :1nd segmental mel: N, Secured to the heznn B, the lover-arm M, pivoted to the heznn B :nid l'mving the extension inund the spiing-eontrolled rod n, attached to Suid urni und engaging the ruck N, Sulist'untinllT :is Specified.

2. Tho rolnbinntion ol' the nmin i'raine 00inposed ot. tl1eplo\\'henmsundeonnerting-strips, the plowShareS, the erunk-nxh, link-rod, l0- \'0r-hundle F, spring-0ont1'oll0d rod g, und Seg nntnl mel; G, with the frame H, attached to the Side ot' the, main i'rzune, wheel K, Standard l, having the pin z', guide-bracket L, segmental rat-li N,l0v0r:u'ln M, haring the extension on, und Spring-rontrollml rod 11 Substantially :1S speeied.

ln testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence ol' two witnesses.

EDWTARD HOUTZ. A RCHI .IG BR() WN. Witnesses:

J'. I. HOUTZ. (liao. Soniiosslcn. 

